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tax. why should they be the only economic sector that is not paying? that would bring money into our economy for things that we need. >> not just since 2007, but over the last two years average income has declined. that's a huge problem for president obama. is that fair to say that's his fault, because he bailed out the banks just like bush did and didn't give any relief to the homeowners. >> exactly no relief to the homeowners, as to the students who are basically a generation of in dentured servants. this transpacific partnership is nafta on summer recognized off shoring our jobs and undermining wages. he is giving away the store to wall street over and over again without actually doing the things we can do. we're calling for a green new deal, which would use our dollars for creating jobs directly not for more tax breaks for the job creators to create more jobs in india and china. he has his priorities mixed up. he does need to be held accountable not only for shipping jobs overseas, bai
tax. why should they be the only economic sector that is not paying? that would bring money into our economy for things that we need. >> not just since 2007, but over the last two years average income has declined. that's a huge problem for president obama. is that fair to say that's his fault, because he bailed out the banks just like bush did and didn't give any relief to the homeowners. >> exactly no relief to the homeowners, as to the students who are basically a generation of...
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the latest not telling the truth about the tax plan. even the obama campaign admitted it wasn't true. >> jennifer: actually i'm going to ask this one of karl, because the romney campaign isn't telling anybody whether the ad is running. >> i think it's disenginous and ironic that they would release an ad calls lying, and not tell anybody where it is returning. if you want to give 20% tax cuts to every american that is $5 trillion. what is difficult is to get really detailed on romney's plans when they are not laid out specifically. so what you find from the fact checkers is that they are not being completely accurate but they always put in there the disclaimer, but it's difficult because we don't know what romney has said. the president should continue to hammer it home, and he needed to do a better job by articulating where he came up with the $5 trillion mark. >> jennifer: i agree. he needs to be specific about what he could do. and michelle, the super pac supporting the president, they have a new ad going after how mitt romney is goin
the latest not telling the truth about the tax plan. even the obama campaign admitted it wasn't true. >> jennifer: actually i'm going to ask this one of karl, because the romney campaign isn't telling anybody whether the ad is running. >> i think it's disenginous and ironic that they would release an ad calls lying, and not tell anybody where it is returning. if you want to give 20% tax cuts to every american that is $5 trillion. what is difficult is to get really detailed on...
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tax the rich, tax the rich. look you're allowed to be rich. of course you want to build the largest house. somebody has got to have the largest house. that is not the issue. the issue is this guy then turns around and says this. if any new taxes are levied on me or my company as our current president plans i will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company. that is an obvious threat to his employees you better vote for romney or i'm going to fire you. it appears do you have another choice. perhaps you could reduce the size of your house. but oh no, no, no, you better not tax me another cent otherwise i'll fire all my workers. which would be a great brilliant business strategy. how would you run a company without workers. then your lazy ass would have to get up off the throne and do some work. in florida in 2000 he did this trick which he admits might have been illegal where he asked all of his workers, 8,000 workers in florida, hey, are you for the republicans or democrats. if they said democrats, then they do anything with them. if
tax the rich, tax the rich. look you're allowed to be rich. of course you want to build the largest house. somebody has got to have the largest house. that is not the issue. the issue is this guy then turns around and says this. if any new taxes are levied on me or my company as our current president plans i will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company. that is an obvious threat to his employees you better vote for romney or i'm going to fire you. it appears do you have another...
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why is it when you're taking advantage of a tax break and you're a businessman you're a businessman. but if you're taking advantage of something you're a moocher. >> cenk: ana. >> it might be entertaining, but it's substantive. when i was watching the debates that's what i do for a living. i have to pay attention to those things. i have a hard time doing it because it's so boring. the candidates have to be so polite. right there you see stewart's passion. you see he's being persuasive. why obama can't be like that? i understand the stress and pressure, it's a huge part of it, but obama has to be as respectful as possible, mitt romney has to be respectful. they can't raise their voices. i can't stand that about our debates. >> obama could have been better than he was. he'll never be jon stewart. he'll never strife to be jon stewart. but that's a great point about mooching and entitlements. that's great but he can't deliver it from standing on an apple cart to be higher and he can't joke. >> you'll always get people who will tear someone down. the small things that happen in debates, w
why is it when you're taking advantage of a tax break and you're a businessman you're a businessman. but if you're taking advantage of something you're a moocher. >> cenk: ana. >> it might be entertaining, but it's substantive. when i was watching the debates that's what i do for a living. i have to pay attention to those things. i have a hard time doing it because it's so boring. the candidates have to be so polite. right there you see stewart's passion. you see he's being...
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>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! ♪ >> jennifer: in our mitt moment today we go back to where we started, sesame street, and is the ads and means and jokes weren't enough, there is just something disturbing about the campaign for the most powerful person in the world coming down to pictures like this. four weeks left, everyone. it's going to get weird. all right. there's no use denying a huge influence on previously undecided voters, but according to brett ehrlich there is value in forcefully notifying these voters that they are making a huge mistake. shhhh, brett's talking now >> for all of you people who haven't been paying at attention to the presidential election, and have made up your mind based on but debate performance, you can't do that. i'm sorry. you just can't do that. this isn't some basket
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we need the tax breaks. we're the ones that have kids and, you know, we're not making the bucks they're making. we deserve these tax breaks. >> all right. laura, thank you for calling in. our next call is coming from cindy in allentown pennsylvania. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to talk to you this morning. >> nice to talk to you. >> talking about the debates and whether they matter. they do matter. i'm excited to see the debates and anxious to see them. i don't know how much they pertain and who's been following what's going on. you know, they -- well, romney's already telegraphed that any sense of politics, unless he does something really stupid. >> he can offer a $10,000 bet or something with the president. >> yeah, yeah, or you know, go back into his 47% thing but he knows he's being watched tonight. this is my big concern he's going to be trying to get everybody, you know, calmed down no, i didn't mean to offend anybody. he's going to try to unoffend people which means he's going to say basi
we need the tax breaks. we're the ones that have kids and, you know, we're not making the bucks they're making. we deserve these tax breaks. >> all right. laura, thank you for calling in. our next call is coming from cindy in allentown pennsylvania. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to talk to you this morning. >> nice to talk to you. >> talking about the debates and whether they matter. they do matter. i'm excited to see the debates and anxious to...
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>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show". >> bill: it is 13 minutes before the top of the hour now on a thursday morning. the big thursday morning after last night's first presidential debate. taking your calls on what it all means and whether you think it will change the nature of the debate. niles standage has been covering all -- doing most of the predebate coverage. joining us on our news line this morning, take a look at the event itself. hey, nile, good morning. good to have you with us. >> bill: what's the consensus on last night? >> the consensus is quite simply that mitt romney had a much better night than president obama did. governor romney seemed
>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show". >> bill: it is 13 minutes before...
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>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ ♪ theme ♪ ] ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: all right. 25 minutes after the hour. we're going to talk jobs, jobs jobs, the latest job numbers in the next segment here. the "full court press." right now a couple of political notes to bring you up to date with, yes, indeed. president hugo chavez winning a third time yesterday. another six-year term. everything i saw in anticipation of this election in venezuela, said that chavez was going to lose. the challenger was very strong. there were huge crowds turning out to vote yesterday, nbc us in had jorge ramos who was basically saying it is all over for chavez, but he pulled out another win. there is also continuing talk about a
>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ ♪ theme ♪ ] ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: all right. 25 minutes after the hour. we're going to talk jobs,...
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he keeps saying he's not going to tax then he is going to tax and he's not going to tax. he's all -- information that he pointed out, it doesn't actually -- i'm a volunteer over here in the valley for obama and i'm on the phone talking to people in colorado and nevada and most of the locations. and what i get in reading -- the probability of president obama being elected is only about 3%. and for some, it is only 1%. the idiocy that this man has flown -- excuse me for not using correct format -- >> john: that's okay. >> caller: the american people, doesn't care. they don't care. it doesn't seem like anything -- that this man says, romney, is makes any difference. the possibility of obama being elected is minimum. the possibility he may not even be elected. what i would like to know, what are the democrats doing? why is this situation -- it doesn't make any difference what this man is doing? >> john: well, sure, the democrats are doing a lot. they're getting the facts out. obama's rapid response team on his campaign out of chicago is doing a great job of knocking down the
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the romney memo says that mitt romney will not raise taxes on anyone and that he will deliver tax cuts for the middle class. sounds pretty good, but the brookings tax policy center took a look at this issue, and here is what they found. under mitt romney 95% of americans making under $200,000 would have a tax increase averaging $2,000 while the wealthiest americans would see tax cuts of up to $86,000 per year. and his claim that he can give the wealthy those tax breaks and still close the deficit, that claim is mathematically impossible according to the tax policy center. romney's fuzzy math has put his surrogates in a bit of a tough spot. here is paul ryan trying to explain the impossible on fox us in yesterday. >> how much does that cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> it's not revenue neutral unless you take away deductions. and we'll get to that. the first half lowering the tax rates does that cost $5 trillion -- >> no. >> you haven't given me the math. >> oh, it would take me too long to go through the math. >> come on i don't have the time to tell you how the math works. then he fol
the romney memo says that mitt romney will not raise taxes on anyone and that he will deliver tax cuts for the middle class. sounds pretty good, but the brookings tax policy center took a look at this issue, and here is what they found. under mitt romney 95% of americans making under $200,000 would have a tax increase averaging $2,000 while the wealthiest americans would see tax cuts of up to $86,000 per year. and his claim that he can give the wealthy those tax breaks and still close the...
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about lowering taxes isn't as attractive. it isn't elegantly stated, i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question. >> now and then you're going say something that did not come out right. in this case i said something completely wrong. i absolutely believe that my life has shown that i care about 100%. and that has been demonstrated throughout my life. and this whole campaign is about the 100%. when i become president it will be about helping the 100%. >> did i say 47%? i meant 100%. i'm surprised he didn't go with 110%. how did the conservatives feel about this? from the club for growth, massive right wingers who are against any tax increases said this. there was nothing there to give us great concern. but we'll be watching what he does if he becomes president. now, in other words i hear you big guy, go ahead and lie all you need to. we know when you become president you're going to do exactly what we tell you to do. that's the problem. now let's figure out what went wrong with president obama's debate. for that let's
about lowering taxes isn't as attractive. it isn't elegantly stated, i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question. >> now and then you're going say something that did not come out right. in this case i said something completely wrong. i absolutely believe that my life has shown that i care about 100%. and that has been demonstrated throughout my life. and this whole campaign is about the 100%. when i become president it will be about helping the 100%. >> did i say 47%? i...
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tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. we have 23 million people out of work. or stop look for work in this country. >> eliot: here's how the obama campaign responded to some of the claims. with an ad released this afternoon that relied on fact checkers. >> mitt romney has not laid out specifics for how he would pay for his tax cut. he says it's by reducing deductions and closing loopholes but he hasn't said which or how many. so the verdict here the simply incomplete. >> eliot: by the way that 23 million unemployed claim is also incorrect. off by only eight million people. romney also attacked the president on the obama care issue. >> romney: cut $716 million from medicare to pay for it. i want to put the money back in medicare for our seniors. it puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell peopl
tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. we have 23 million people out of work. or stop look for work in this country. >> eliot: here's how the obama campaign responded to some of the claims. with an ad released this afternoon that relied on fact checkers. >> mitt romney has not laid out specifics...
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federal tax, state tax, state income tax gasoline tax, it added up to well over 50% of what they earned. and your plan is to take the tax rate successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. that will cost jobs. my priority is jobs so what i do is bring down the tax rates, lower deductions and exemptions. create more jobs because there's nothing better for getting us to an balanced budget than having more people working, earning more money, paying more taxes, that's by far the more efficient way to get this balanced. >> obama: jim, i would just say this to the american people if you believe we can cut taxes by $5 trillion and add $2 trillion in additional spending that the military is not asking for -- $7 trillion just to give you a sense over ten year's that's more than our entire defense budget and you think that by closing loop holes and deductions for the well to do somehow you will not end up picking up the tab, then governor romney's plan may work for you, but i think math common sense and our history shows us that's not a recipe for job growth. we have tried this -- we have tried bo
federal tax, state tax, state income tax gasoline tax, it added up to well over 50% of what they earned. and your plan is to take the tax rate successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. that will cost jobs. my priority is jobs so what i do is bring down the tax rates, lower deductions and exemptions. create more jobs because there's nothing better for getting us to an balanced budget than having more people working, earning more money, paying more taxes, that's by far the more efficient way...
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people who earn 4% of the income pay 4% of the taxes. people who earn 20% of the income pay 20% of the taxes. but there are people in the bottom groups pay as much tax as the others -- >> cenk: and that's not right. >> eliot: you can debate the philosophy -- >> cenk: it should be a lot more aggressive than that. there was a great article about the politicrat. that say hey dour you. >> john: he doesn't believe trickle-down works. and number two and even more damning is when he said this 47% comment, the fact is these are the people he should be trying to reach, and he really i think managed to alienate a lot of republicans too. and the fact is we finally found one kind of tax subsidy the gop doesn't like. >> al gore: here is a statistic on concentration of wealth. i had the occasion to go back and have somebody fact check it for me and really run it to ground. sam walton and his brother bud walton, founded wal-mart. their six children -- actually five children and one daughter-in-law, the six -- these six individuals in the next generatio
people who earn 4% of the income pay 4% of the taxes. people who earn 20% of the income pay 20% of the taxes. but there are people in the bottom groups pay as much tax as the others -- >> cenk: and that's not right. >> eliot: you can debate the philosophy -- >> cenk: it should be a lot more aggressive than that. there was a great article about the politicrat. that say hey dour you. >> john: he doesn't believe trickle-down works. and number two and even more damning is...
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taxes. >> romney: first of all, i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. >> jennifer: the tax cuts. remember how he said he would lower the rates on everybody by 20%? that's on his web site, part of his tax plan? that lowering of the rates costs $5 trillion. now, he says he wants to make the tax cut revenue neutral. that's great. so how would he pay for that $5 trillion tax cut? he says he will close loopholes deductions although he will not say which ones. so what does that look like? in order to pay for such a huge tax cut $5 trillion, he's going to have to get rid of things like the mortgage interest deduction which helps middle class homeowners. in other words, he's going to have to raise taxes on the middle class. that's what cutting a deduction is. and that's exactly why his campaign refuses to specify which loopholes he would close. when talking points memo asked romney's spokeswoman andrea saul how m
taxes. >> romney: first of all, i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. >> jennifer: the tax cuts. remember how he said he would lower the rates on everybody by 20%? that's on his web site, part of his tax plan? that lowering of the rates costs $5 trillion. now, he says he wants to make the tax cut revenue neutral. that's great. so how...
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on the issues of the tax cuts. he has tax cuts and he won't say how he's going to pay for them. but the math doesn't add up. president obama hit him with a good line on that. >> obama: for 18 months he has been run on this tax plan, and now five weeks before the election he's saying that his big bold idea is "never mind." >> cenk: well, that's a good line because in fact romney went in and said, what me? i didn't do that. that was nonsense. now on the issue of medicare and cuts to senior citizens here's what romney said. >> romney: neither the president nor i are proposing any changes for any current retirees or near retirees either to social security or medicare. so if you're 60 or around 60 or older, you don't need to listen any further. >> cenk: here's my favorite line from president obama in response to that. >> obama: your 54, 55, you might want to listen because this will effect you. >> cenk: in other words, yeah, when he says, hey senior citizens hey i'm not going to screw you. he's saying 50 and 54-year-olds, i'm going to screw you instead. the fact that the president po
on the issues of the tax cuts. he has tax cuts and he won't say how he's going to pay for them. but the math doesn't add up. president obama hit him with a good line on that. >> obama: for 18 months he has been run on this tax plan, and now five weeks before the election he's saying that his big bold idea is "never mind." >> cenk: well, that's a good line because in fact romney went in and said, what me? i didn't do that. that was nonsense. now on the issue of medicare and...
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and what about his tax returns? >> yeah i forgot about those. >> caller: but the most exciting thing, stephanie? i'm coming to new york! >> are you bringing the bar baby? >> caller: no but we are coming. we will meet and grope you. >> stephanie: can i tell you one thing, when you see who the surprise celebrity panelist is you are going to plotz. >> caller: i can't wait. >> stephanie: can i just say sexy liberal tour director rowingland is [ censor bleep ] his pants. he is dressing his dog up in various halloween costumes and it is really freaky. >> he doesn't have better things to do? >> stephanie: i don't know what the hell he is doing. >> he is trying to style the humane society right now. >> stephanie: get me out of here! >> poor butters. >> somebody help me. >> stephanie: she has the katie holmes eyes. help me my daddy is crazy. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> stephanie: dogs always have that look when they are in costumes. >> they don't make costumes big enough for your dogs do they? >> stephanie: i don't think so.
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because the giant tax cut for the rich. that's why he doesn't want get into the math, and that's why romney will have a tough time at the debates. facts are not on their side. obama has boxed them in on so many issues, highways been right wing. they can't criticize him from the progressive so they have to go further right. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. >> this used to be a republican idea by the way the individual mandate. it's like they have amnesia. >> i will close guantanamo. >> i believe we need to look forward as opposeed to looking backwards. >> n.a.t.o. will maintain an enduring commitment. >> we then offer additional $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs. >> this is a targeted focused effort at people who are on a list. >> there are a lot of republican who is are puzzled as to why it couldn't get done. >> i told them i'm prepared to do additional spending cuts and entitlement reform. >> cenk: where are you going to go? he said he's going to do with ent
because the giant tax cut for the rich. that's why he doesn't want get into the math, and that's why romney will have a tough time at the debates. facts are not on their side. obama has boxed them in on so many issues, highways been right wing. they can't criticize him from the progressive so they have to go further right. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. >> this used to be a republican idea by the way the individual mandate....
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>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! if you have an opinion, you better back it up. >>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: if you want to lower the abortion rate there is an effective way to do it without changing the law. you can see it in our number of the day 61% that's how much birth rate fell when birth control was given away for free. this came out of a study by washington university, 9,000 women, many of whom were poor and uninsured were offered contraceptives without cost. most got iuds or other implants which are the most effective option and usually quite expensive. but the drop in pregnancy more than made up in the ex
>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! if you have an opinion, you better back it up. >>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct...
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tax. i'm embracing the fair tax. i think it's really the answer when it comes to american jobs. in a zero corporate tax rate, it would create millions of jobs. >> cenk: you were doing so well to the end. [ laughing ] >> cenk: really, really, we'll get to the massive disagreement in a second. but 80% of what you said in the beginning is so much more progressive than a democratic candidate, it makes you wonder if there is something wrong with our system? you're a funny person to ask because you're running on the libertarian party but are you surprised that the democratic candidate is so far to the right of you on so many issues? >> well, the fact that i'm more liberal than obama on many issues, and i'm a lot more conservative than romney on a whole bunch of issues. dollars and cents on the republican side and social issues on the democrat side in. >> cenk: what happened to the democratic party when the libertarians are so much more liberal on 80% of the issues. >> i what happened to the repu
tax. i'm embracing the fair tax. i think it's really the answer when it comes to american jobs. in a zero corporate tax rate, it would create millions of jobs. >> cenk: you were doing so well to the end. [ laughing ] >> cenk: really, really, we'll get to the massive disagreement in a second. but 80% of what you said in the beginning is so much more progressive than a democratic candidate, it makes you wonder if there is something wrong with our system? you're a funny person to ask...
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more tax breaks for the rich. and then they want to make massive cuts in social security medicare medicaid and virtually every other family needs. that's the plan. third point they would make sever poll that i have seen suggests that that is exactly what the american people don't want. the american people have been very clear. when the top 1% owns 42% of the wealth in america, you know what, you have got to start asking those guys to start paying their fair share of taxes. when the middle class is disappearing, you can't cut social security -- and by the way, the so-called chain cpi, one way to cut social security would not only hit the elderly and disabled it would also hit disabled veterans. you don't make massive cuts in medicaid or medicare so i think this issue is very very clear. which side are we on? are we going to protect the wealthiest people in this country, the largest corporations eliot, one fourth of profitable corporations pay nothing in taxes. we are losing about $100 billion a year because the wea
more tax breaks for the rich. and then they want to make massive cuts in social security medicare medicaid and virtually every other family needs. that's the plan. third point they would make sever poll that i have seen suggests that that is exactly what the american people don't want. the american people have been very clear. when the top 1% owns 42% of the wealth in america, you know what, you have got to start asking those guys to start paying their fair share of taxes. when the middle class...
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you can't say you are going to reduce the deficit, give tax cuts to the upper class, and not raise taxes on the middle class, when he said he doesn't want to do this when he has been talking about it for the last 18 months and when he has had a lot of groups say this will cost $5 trillion and the middle class will end up paying for a lot of it, through cuts in programs it was a surreal moment. >> jamal: i was joking before you came on, that you are one of the few places where george soros decided to give money, but what does american bridge do? >> american bridge is a super pac, but we're a little bit different than what people might consider a super pac. we focus on political research candidate tracking and communications. and what we do is we provide content to other pacs so that they can do their polling and paid advertisement and mail and so on and so forth. so we are in -- we are in elections all across the country, of course, the president, but also battleground senate races and house races across the country. just working with the community to make sure they have the content that
you can't say you are going to reduce the deficit, give tax cuts to the upper class, and not raise taxes on the middle class, when he said he doesn't want to do this when he has been talking about it for the last 18 months and when he has had a lot of groups say this will cost $5 trillion and the middle class will end up paying for a lot of it, through cuts in programs it was a surreal moment. >> jamal: i was joking before you came on, that you are one of the few places where george soros...
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that it will be taxed at 35%. you're allowed to act as if it is your money being invested which it is not. it is a lie! and he think -- he says that will limit capital and the growth of jobs. it is crap! these guys shave that extra money they make off and they send it to the cayman islands. they park it someplace else. it is crap. and that's why he won't say it. that's why he has to speak around it. >> stephanie: i think the president -- i'm really -- i'm unnaturally excited about tonight's debate. >> you will be drunk. >> stephanie: i'm not. political geek nirvana. 29 minutes after the hour. right back. hump days with hal on "the stephanie miller show." >> stephanie: she was eight. >> eight. >> stephanie: prime minister david cameron accidently left his daughter in a bar. >> there is a difference. >> stephanie: that's a mix up. >> she was finishing his red barrel. >> stephanie: there was a mix up after a family lunch at a publish. >> of course. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents
that it will be taxed at 35%. you're allowed to act as if it is your money being invested which it is not. it is a lie! and he think -- he says that will limit capital and the growth of jobs. it is crap! these guys shave that extra money they make off and they send it to the cayman islands. they park it someplace else. it is crap. and that's why he won't say it. that's why he has to speak around it. >> stephanie: i think the president -- i'm really -- i'm unnaturally excited about...
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you do have a $5 trillion tax cut in your plans. you're not going to cover people's pre-existing conditions in your healthcare plan. you need to say it then and not rely on fax checkers the next day. >> eliot: you can't wait for the story the next day. ryan zerlina is right. you cannot depend upon that. how does the president need to do that,e vince this power and passion and sense of purpose that so clearly was missing. >> i think people want to see that he wants the job. that he wants to fight for them. if you look at it this way if somebody is looking at somebody who won't even stand up for themselves, then what are the chances they're thinking that this person is going to stand up for me? when you're watching obama in this debate you can finally see why it is that he was getting rolled day in and day out by the republicans on capitol hill. you can say hey man that is a guy i would like to be negotiating with. >> eliot: i'm going to interrupt for a reason. you said something critically important. and zerlina i want you to respond
you do have a $5 trillion tax cut in your plans. you're not going to cover people's pre-existing conditions in your healthcare plan. you need to say it then and not rely on fax checkers the next day. >> eliot: you can't wait for the story the next day. ryan zerlina is right. you cannot depend upon that. how does the president need to do that,e vince this power and passion and sense of purpose that so clearly was missing. >> i think people want to see that he wants the job. that he...
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>> stephanie: can you get a tax write-off -- >> caller: do they get a tax write-off when they contribute all of this money -- >> i'm not sure. i'm not a tax accountant. >> stephanie: and your phone is breaking up. jim in new jersey. hi, jim. >> caller: just for a minute. let's forget about reports that mitt romney is being sued for copyright infringement with his ken doll. >> stephanie: see what you did. >> caller: he would say we need this debate on taxes, we want this debate on taxes and now -- >> stephanie: and so far. >> caller: yeah, now he says i would talk about my plan but i don't want to hurt fox's ratings. >> stephanie: yeah, i don't have time to explain all of the math. that's crazy. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> stephanie: now we are having a debate on taxes, and guess what you are losing? neener. that's it for us. hal sparks tomorrow. actress kerry washington, who awesome. joining us tomorrow. we will see you then on the "stephanie miller show." happy birthday, jacki! >> jacki schechner! ♪ 43
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sure the tax cut policy was to be temporary, but so were the other tax cuts by george bush. the middle class needs champions who are just as vehemently as those who serve the top 1%. unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, i'll get into cohen to dish on all 36 current housewives, and still have time left over for bethany. >> eliot: with things looking bleak for mitt romney, the campaign is in need of a new strategy. some of the romney camp sees an opening. as written in the wall street journal. the biggest calamity for obama of course, the administration handling of the tragic attack after two weeks of tiptoe around a definitive answer, they released a statement saying that the attacks in libya from deliberate organized attacks carried out by extremists. >> intelligence community put out a lengthy document that explained the timeline here. i think in the days afterwards it was not clear that this was a terrorist attack as their investigation was conducted and they got more information. that's a determination that they made. >> eliot: some romney advisers think this is an a
sure the tax cut policy was to be temporary, but so were the other tax cuts by george bush. the middle class needs champions who are just as vehemently as those who serve the top 1%. unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, i'll get into cohen to dish on all 36 current housewives, and still have time left over for bethany. >> eliot: with things looking bleak for mitt romney, the campaign is in need of a new strategy. some of the romney camp sees an opening. as written in the wall...
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last four years, how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes? >> jennifer: so biden of course supposed to help with white middle class voters. his comments about the middle class being buried were -- he was talking about romney's plans to raise taxes on the middle class. but the right and their surrogates are out having press conferences about this right now, probably as we speak. is that kind of going to hurt? >> actually, i think if you ask the voters, i think joe biden proved what's great about joe biden. he gets it. he's in touch. you know what? 80% of the voters agree. this economy has been bad. people have been buried. that's why they want to elect a president and a vice president who get it. who are in touch and will have policies that help the middle class, not millionaires. so i agree with the vice president. i think 88% of the voters would agree, too. >> jennifer: i just love joe biden. he's just -- he's just the greatest. he really is. thank you so much as ever for coming inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: you political
last four years, how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes? >> jennifer: so biden of course supposed to help with white middle class voters. his comments about the middle class being buried were -- he was talking about romney's plans to raise taxes on the middle class. but the right and their surrogates are out having press conferences about this right now, probably as we speak. is that kind of going to hurt? >> actually, i think if you ask the voters, i think joe...
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. >> biden says we want to let the tax cut expire. see you are supposed to be satisfied that the increased tax payments from the rich go to government. that's supposed to make you happy. when i hear stuff like that it's like how can anybody has an iq over that of a pencil eraser. >> stephanie: wow. i think the vast majority of the american people think we shouldn't have tax cuts for the rich, right? >> yeah and limbaugh's complete inability to understand how joe biden might be reelected again, or barack obama, we see this over and over again, just cannot understand incomprehensible, because they have been listening to the rhetoric for the last couple of years. and here they are, three or four weeks away. so they can't figure it out, and that goes back to the jobs conspiracy, polling conspiracy digging up videos from five years ago. these are all dilutional break-downkind of ways. they are trying to understand what is happening. because they don't understand what is happening. they don't engage in american politics anymore, because the
. >> biden says we want to let the tax cut expire. see you are supposed to be satisfied that the increased tax payments from the rich go to government. that's supposed to make you happy. when i hear stuff like that it's like how can anybody has an iq over that of a pencil eraser. >> stephanie: wow. i think the vast majority of the american people think we shouldn't have tax cuts for the rich, right? >> yeah and limbaugh's complete inability to understand how joe biden might be...
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he says he is going cut taxes by $4.8 trillion, but no taxes that will contribute to the deficit? >> yeah. that one stuck out, especially since you can go right back to the primary campaign and when he was debating newt gingrich and rick santorum and the rest of the crew, he said hey wait a second, i'm going to reduce taxes by 20% across the board including the top 1%. that was his line. and the other thing that really stuck out is this issue of preexisting conditions when he looks into the camera and says hey, my plan does cover preexisting conditions. well that is just not true. it doesn't cover preexisting conditions for people who haven't had insurance before, which is a big part of the problem, literally millions and millions of people who would not be covered under his plan. >> bill: the one that really disappointed me to say the least, three times he came back to president obama has cut medicare benefits by $716 billion. >> yeah well there's -- there are a number of problems with that, starting with that it's not true. it's -- what he has done is they found savings on the p
he says he is going cut taxes by $4.8 trillion, but no taxes that will contribute to the deficit? >> yeah. that one stuck out, especially since you can go right back to the primary campaign and when he was debating newt gingrich and rick santorum and the rest of the crew, he said hey wait a second, i'm going to reduce taxes by 20% across the board including the top 1%. that was his line. and the other thing that really stuck out is this issue of preexisting conditions when he looks into...
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he is an interesting position on tax and oh by the way he is lying his ass off. we have factored that in now. >> stephanie: yesterday's speech on foreign policy won't that have some effect over time as well? >> well -- i think -- i think that's -- if you want to look for a silver lining in both of the polls, it is that they are a snapshot taken right in the heart of what should have been a bounce. so we'll see what happens in the middle of next week. i was resistant to the notion, but i'm over it to now that that debate performance was a serious, serious blunder. >> stephanie: you write this week it has been pointed out that romney has become quite a remarkable liar. he lies by commission of course. and lies by admission namely in his resolution determination not to be specific about what deductions he is planning to end. >> they are particularly good at office [ inaudible ] mathematics. i'm particularly good at english. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: exactly. >> and that's hard by the way. it's very hard to throw poo efficiently. but he threw it -- we get to talk li
he is an interesting position on tax and oh by the way he is lying his ass off. we have factored that in now. >> stephanie: yesterday's speech on foreign policy won't that have some effect over time as well? >> well -- i think -- i think that's -- if you want to look for a silver lining in both of the polls, it is that they are a snapshot taken right in the heart of what should have been a bounce. so we'll see what happens in the middle of next week. i was resistant to the notion,...
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but not dictions sufficient to take the taxes up. we hope the middle class will have a tax reduction even with the elimination of deductions and putting a cap on deductions actually gives more credibility because you can give the middle class more deductions. the governor also said if you have more incomes, you pay lower caps, in other words $17,000. the idea that taxes on the well-to-do and the successful and those who are making a lot money will not go down. middle classing we hope they will stay where they are, or come down. coming down is a possibility. the important part of this tax plan, is to remember, when you earn, say you earn $200,000 and you have $20,000 worth of deductions, so now you paying tax on $180,000. if you paid tax at 35 percent rate, obviously the rate will be below $35 percent because you do not pay on full $200,000. governor romney is saying reduce that rate and every dollar you earn offer the amount that uses up the tax deductions, you will pay the lowest rate on. it will encourage people to earn more money,
but not dictions sufficient to take the taxes up. we hope the middle class will have a tax reduction even with the elimination of deductions and putting a cap on deductions actually gives more credibility because you can give the middle class more deductions. the governor also said if you have more incomes, you pay lower caps, in other words $17,000. the idea that taxes on the well-to-do and the successful and those who are making a lot money will not go down. middle classing we hope they will...
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he said he and his son calculated how much they pay in taxes, federal income tax, payroll tax, state sales tax, state property tax, gasoline tax, it added up to well over 50% of what they earned and your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. the national federation of independent businesses says that will cost 700,000 jobs. i don't want to cost jobs. my priority is jobs. and so what i do, i bring down the tax rates, lower deductions and exemptions, the same idea by bowles-simpson, get the rate down to create more jobs. nothing better to create a balanced budget than having more people working, earning more money, paying more taxes, that's the most effective and efficient way to get the budget balanced. >> jim, you may want to move on to another topic. i would say this to the american people. if you believe we can cut taxes by $5 trillion and add $2 trillion of additional spending to the military that is not asking for, $7 trillion, to give you a sense, over ten years, that's more than our entire defense budget, and you think that by closing loop
he said he and his son calculated how much they pay in taxes, federal income tax, payroll tax, state sales tax, state property tax, gasoline tax, it added up to well over 50% of what they earned and your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. the national federation of independent businesses says that will cost 700,000 jobs. i don't want to cost jobs. my priority is jobs. and so what i do, i bring down the tax rates, lower deductions and exemptions, the...
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they were debating about the tax increase. the president saying only 3% of taxpayers mitt romney said yeah but it happens to be where the jobs are. the president said can we change the subject? he said let's talk about something else. here is what is apparent. the president, you can see in body language, so uncomfortable talking about the economy, about debt and taxes. he doesn't understand it. i think for -- he just doesn't understand how jobs are created. >> sean: i tweeted that out tonight. he doesn't understand economics 101. >> and the only thing exposed tonight that you stand up and say yes, someone is doing thchl the president's attacks against republicans is built on a bunch of myths. this whole thing about we have tax credits to send jobs overseas mitt romney saying i've been in business 25 years very no idea what you are talking about. the president had no come back for that. >> sean: he kept saying well this is bill clinton's plan. bill clinton hasn't been president for four years. and romney kept going back to one
they were debating about the tax increase. the president saying only 3% of taxpayers mitt romney said yeah but it happens to be where the jobs are. the president said can we change the subject? he said let's talk about something else. here is what is apparent. the president, you can see in body language, so uncomfortable talking about the economy, about debt and taxes. he doesn't understand it. i think for -- he just doesn't understand how jobs are created. >> sean: i tweeted that out...
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the challenger, it was the budget and taxes. president obama spent the third most time talking about budget and taxes, about a minute less than governor romney. romney's number three issue was health care. big differences when you drill down. take a look at energy, president obama spent 19 secti9 seconds on energy. governor romney, 1:43 seconds. when asked a question about education, he pivoted to energy. 2:17. president obama devoted 4:15, almost twice as much. watching this very closely. anderson, back to you. >> john king locklooking closer at the flash poll numbers. you have numbers on the economy. >> they asked the question, who would better handle the economy? let me scroll down. clear in the poll, the overall verdict to governor romney who won the debate. who better to handle the economy, obama 43, romney 55. the defining question of the election. >> compared to where it was before? >> we have to be careful this is registered voters who watched the debate. in our most recent national poll, they were tied on that question.
the challenger, it was the budget and taxes. president obama spent the third most time talking about budget and taxes, about a minute less than governor romney. romney's number three issue was health care. big differences when you drill down. take a look at energy, president obama spent 19 secti9 seconds on energy. governor romney, 1:43 seconds. when asked a question about education, he pivoted to energy. 2:17. president obama devoted 4:15, almost twice as much. watching this very closely....
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what about this tax plan. is president obama obligated to supporters to point out to them that this is flawed? what do you think? >> i think the moderators are going e to ask governor romney about a lot of the things that you just talked about. i hope the moderator gives governor romney a chance to do what paul ryan said he didn't have time to do and that is explain how they pay for a $5 trillion tax cut. as you pointed out, ed, it is a time problem that is vexing in this budget. it's a math problem. they can't pay for it. if they can't pay for it, then they are going to raise taxes on the middle class. that's what the economic studies have shown. and look, i don't know anybody who thinks we're another tax cut for a millionaire away from a stronger middle class. that's just not how we have built our economy before and it's not how we're going to continue to make our country on the debate moderator to do itill ?e present be >> ihink the debate morato think the president will push back pticularly on some of thes
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separate taxes from parallel taxes. it was enacted to enoccur wealthy individuals work its way down the income chain. romney wants do away with it all together. obama could like to replace it. he would like to replace it it requires millionaires making over a million collars would be kiered to pay 30 percent in taxes. >> in a city like new york your stackses are going to go up and you will be paying 30 percent. >> if you make a physical boll lashes in new york you are considered making nothing. >> that is confusing. s is now 25 after the hour. president obama said they were an example of rebounding the economy. after making chevy volt batteries one plant is seeing anything but green. after supporting romney and ryan another celeb has a message for hollywood. >> quarter pounder, chicken? no? >> quarter pounder. look at this. look at this. quarter pounder. >> you know we all know campaign karl. he is on the pain with rit romney. mitt romney trying to convince romney to eat the burger. he is panning out burgers. lots of ph
separate taxes from parallel taxes. it was enacted to enoccur wealthy individuals work its way down the income chain. romney wants do away with it all together. obama could like to replace it. he would like to replace it it requires millionaires making over a million collars would be kiered to pay 30 percent in taxes. >> in a city like new york your stackses are going to go up and you will be paying 30 percent. >> if you make a physical boll lashes in new york you are considered...
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italian police arrested the head of a private tax collection agency. the man suspected of pocketing $130 million his agency gathered for local governments. the italian government is cracking down on tax evasion as a way to reduce its massive debt. police officials say the suspect and four of his employees misappropriated about $100 million euros between 2006 and 2009. the private agency had been commissioned by about 400 pounds to collect taxes. the suspects reportedly spent the money on private jets, yachts, parties and other luxuries. police have seized cash and real estate worth about $11 million. >>> the european union is trying to reach a consensus among its leaders to conclude an economic partnership agreement with japan. the eu administrative body, the european commission, proposed epa negotiations with japan in july. nhk obtained a draft statement, summarizing the summit, schedule ford october 18th and 19th in brusselse brussels. it calls on countries to begin negotiations with japan to conclude the epa. automobile makers in italy, france and g
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and voters will be looking to hear more details about his plan to lower taxes and the deficit. >> i think that you'll hear a great deal of specifics and most importantly, you'll hear the contrast. the president's reforms haven't done enough to help the economy. >> both campaigns have gone through the motions of lowering expectations for tonight. but both candidates are season debaters. >> it's all about the economy tonight. the first three 15 minute segments will be devoted to that topic. in denver, colorado, danielle nottingham, derek, back to you. >> all right, thank you danielle. back here, the political editor is with me. you have a focus group outside the beltway to help us out. >> the correspondent organized a focus group in richmond, a half dozen people who are split parties and will talk to them and see when they sought. you're right, the judgment is who won? >> the big question among those voters must be, are any of them among the persuadeables? a small percentage out there. >> it's hard to tell how many people really are persuadeable at this point. for that matter, how many of o
and voters will be looking to hear more details about his plan to lower taxes and the deficit. >> i think that you'll hear a great deal of specifics and most importantly, you'll hear the contrast. the president's reforms haven't done enough to help the economy. >> both campaigns have gone through the motions of lowering expectations for tonight. but both candidates are season debaters. >> it's all about the economy tonight. the first three 15 minute segments will be devoted to...
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obama hit back against his opponent during a rally in denver, accusing romney of backtracking over tax cuts for the wealthy. >> when i got onto the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [laughter] but it could not have been in romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts to favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last not said he did not know anything about that. >> mitt romney tried to capitalize on his high marks from the debate as he campaigned in the swing state of virginia. some critics noted obama fell to ask from the about his famous 47% comment that nearly half of americans believe they are victims entitled to government support. during a fox news appearance thursday night, sean hannity asked romney how he would have responded if obama had brought it up. >> clearly, in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you say something that does not come out right. i said something that was completely wrong in this cas
obama hit back against his opponent during a rally in denver, accusing romney of backtracking over tax cuts for the wealthy. >> when i got onto the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [laughter] but it could not have been in romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts to favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last not said he did not know anything about that. >> mitt...